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" VIII. c. 1, declared the king and his successors to be the ' only supreme head on earth of the Church of England. "
Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People - Page 220
1868
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Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates, During the ... Session of the ..., Volume 4

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 600 pages
...28th Hen. VIII. ch. 13 ; 2d Lliz. ch. 2. — By this oath, in its original form, the king was declared to be the only supreme head on earth of. the church of England and Ireland. ' This clause was objected against as an acknowledgment of a sacerdotal po.ve; in tht...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 15

Trials - 1816 - 732 pages
...majesty's bounty for the augmentation of the m ai n teuance of the poor clergy, she is owned and recognized to be the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England : her majesty hath bylaw a supreme controuling power over all the censures and excommunications of...
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An Historical and Literary Account of the Formularies, Confessions of Faith ...

Charles Butler - Church history - 1816 - 228 pages
...the Eighth, it was enacted, that, " His Majesty, his heirs and successors, Kings of England, should be the only supreme head, on earth, of the Church of England ; and should have all the honors, dignities, immunities, profits, and commodities belonging to that...
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The two main questions in controversy between the Churches of England and ...

James Edward Jackson - Theology - 1825 - 414 pages
...uttermost of your power ; and from henceforth, ye shall accept, repute and take the King's majesty, to be the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England." Strype's Life of Cranmer. p. 87. fol. * See an extract in Strype from Dr. Ponet's preface to a \\ork...
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The History of England: The history of England: reign of Henry the Eighth ...

Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1828 - 590 pages
...the act of parliament passed, which dii — J — rected that the king should be taken and reputed to be the only supreme head on earth of the church of England'4. A measure like this was such an abrogation of the papal authority in every country which...
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Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society, Volumes 3-4

Christian education - 1831 - 716 pages
...the highest degree. The Papal power in England received its death blow. The king was acknowledged k> be the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England ; and all tithes, which had been paid to the See of Rome, reverted to him. This renunciation of the...
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The American Quarterly Register, Volume 4

Clergy - 1832 - 370 pages
...in the highest degree. The Papal power in England received its death blow. The king was acknowledged to be the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England ; and all tithes, which had been paid to the See of Rome, reverted to him. This renunciation of the...
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The Quarterly Register, Volume 4

Clergy - 1832 - 372 pages
...the highest degree. The Papal power in England recei»cd its death blow. The king was acknowledged to be the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England ; and all tithes, which had been paid to the See of Rome, reverted to him. This renunciation of the...
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The life of dr. John Fisher, bishop of Rochester. Now first pr ..., Volume 2

John Lewis - 1855 - 426 pages
...authoritie, jurisdiction or power, within this realm but shall accept, repute, and take the King's Majestic to be the only supreme Head on earth of the Church of England. This was yet further explained in a AD 1537. book printed the next year after the enacting this oath,...
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The Position of Our Church: Or the True Sense of the Non-supremacy Clause of ...

Cator Chamberlain - Catholic emancipation - 1860 - 334 pages
...uttermost of his power. And that from henceforth he shall accept, repute, and take the King's Majesty to be the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England. And less one who has read the preceding pages, will ^ an Act contemplated leaving the Papists in an...
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